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THE PURPOSE OF LIFE, by                    
First Line: Do the tears that arise in the heat of the strife
Last Line: But the weakest may live as becometh a man.
Subject(s): Life; Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals


DO THE tears that arise in the heat of the strife
Seem to hide from your vision the purpose of life?
Do the myriad cares of laborious days
Leave a doubt in your heart whether living them pays?

Banish doubt and plod on. Life was given to man
As a part of Creation's mysterious plan;
Each must carry what burdens the years may bestow
Until burdens and bearers alike are laid low.

At the end of the road is a couch with a pall,
And it may be the couch is the end of it all;
Or it may be the spirit, released from the clod,
Shares the freedom of Time with the infinite God.

'T is but folly to dig into moss-covered creeds;
Let your life be a record of generous deeds.
Not the wisest may fathom Futurity's plan,
But the weakest may live as becometh a man.





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